CVE-2024-12235
Published: 05 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-12235 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Tongzhouyun Agilebpm. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 23.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50702
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Shenzhen Dashi Tongzhou Information Technology AgileBPM up to 1.0.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function doFilter of the file \agile-bpm-basic-master\ab-auth\ab-auth-spring-security-oauth2\src\main\java\com\dstz\auth\filter\AuthorizationTokenCheckFilter.java. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The…
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attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in the AuthorizationTokenCheckFilter enables vertical privilege escalation through remote exploitation, directly mapped to T1068 by advisories.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Defining account types, requiring approvals for creation, specifying authorizations, monitoring usage, and reviewing accounts directly prevents improper access control by ensuring only authorized accounts exist and are used.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.